AMH Awards

Quality Awards/Recognition

2010 Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery – recognized for spine surgical services by Independence Blue Cross
2010 Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement – recognized for knee and hip replacement surgical services by Independence Blue Cross
2009 Humanitarian Service Award, Willow Grove Branch, NAACP
2009 Gift of Life Award (fourth consecutive), Gift of Life Donor Program
2009 Rosenfeld Cancer Center – Designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons
2009 Community Organization Diversity Award, Pennsylvania Medical Society
2009 Best of Willow Grove / U.S. Local Business Association Home Health Service category Award, AMH's Home Care Department
2008 The Magnet Prize awarded to Abington Memorial Hospital (AMH) for its Daily CARE Plan
2008 Best Places to Work Award, Philadelphia Business Journal
2008 Best Hospital in Montgomery County, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Neighbors' Choice Award
2008 Magnet re-designation for excellence in nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
2008 Gold Award for Stroke Sustained Performance Achievement, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Abington Memorial Hospital Stroke Center
2008 Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery - recognized for bariatric and metabolic surgical services by Independence Blue Cross
2008 Center of Excellence - The Surgical Weight Loss/Bariatric Surgery program has been designated a center of excellence by the Surgical Review Corporation
2008 Distinction Center - The Rosenfeld Cancer Center honored for its treatment program of rare and complex cancers by Blue Cross Blue Shield
2008 Breastfeeding-friendly Business awards, Maternity Care Coalition and the Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition
2008 Gold Seal of Approval and Disease-Specific Certification from the Joint Commission for our joint replacement (hip and knee) program (reaccreditation)
2008 Gold Seal of Approval and Disease-Specific Care Certification from the Joint Commission for stroke care-the first center in Pennsylvania to earn this designation (reaccreditation)
2007 Ranked 19 among 50 large companies that received recognition as "Best Places to Work" by Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the state Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and the Central Business Journal
2007 Gold Seal of Approval and Disease-Specific Certification from the Joint Commission for our joint replacement (hip and knee) program
2007 The Medal of Honor for Organ Donation
2007 Annual Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease
2007 ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
2006 Blue Distinction Center - The Pilla Heart Center honored for Cardiac Care by Blue Cross Blue Shield
2006 The Medal of Honor for Organ Donation
2005 The Medal of Honor for Organ Donation
2004 Hospital Quality Alliance Participant
2004 Gold Seal of Approval and Disease-Specific Care Certification from the Joint Commission for stroke care - the first center in Pennsylvania to earn this designation (reaccredited in 2006 & 2008)
2004 Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Cheers Award for our outpatient, web-based monitoring program for patients using warfarin, commonly known as Coumadin®
2003 Magnet Award for excellence in nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
2003 American Hospital Quest for Quality Prize
2003 John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality
2003 Delaware Valley Medical Safety Award WebINR Outpatient Program
2002 Delaware Valley Medical Safety Award Inpatient Coumadin Program